The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-29
TT WAS NOT FOR CLEVELAND

w 40 NUl rUh OLE ELANU
THE s.4RAT0oA CONVENTION RUN BIZ
AUTHORITARIAN MEN. ;
The Real Test was In the cosar.,ttee on Res.
Citations, whteh Refused 90 Eadorse the
Adsainistratten's CivM Service Policy -
Secretary Cock and Trss surer Fitzreraid
Reneaipated-Mr. weU.pie Ter Csnptrol.
Ter snd Q. y. Tabor fer Attorney-G General.
SARATOGA. Sept. B.--This was not Cleve-
land Convention-the friends OF the President
did not control tho Democratic Convention Of
the State OF New FORK. The temporary Chair
man wss an antl-Andministratio man, whose
friends carriefi Monroe county against the
efforts Of the Federal Postmaster and Internal
Revenue Collector. The same man was perma-
uent Chairman. The only ONCE for which there
wass contest went to the law partner Of ASSEM-
blynian 5heehan, q warm friend of Gov. Hills,
and TIE Democratic leader in the Assembly.
In evIry contest between Administration and
ant.Administration men. except whore there
vss no ground for doubt, the anti Cleveland
rAen were seated. This was the case In the Cay
ega, Oneida. Orleans, ndWestchester contests.
The civil service ideas which the Cleveland
men had written out, and which they tried to
have the Committee on Resolutions insert In
tons ut the Tammany platform were adopted
- compromise for something more distaste!
ful to tho Cleveland men. Anti-Administra-
ton men In abundance were elected to the
State Committee, and the Cleveland men had
the organization Of tho committee postponed
by appeals to the courtesy Of the committee
mon, through fear that should the vote DO
taken on Chairman at once Edward Murphy,
Jr, OF Troy might be elected Chairman. In
stead cf D. Cady Herrick Of Albany. The only
thing the Cleveland mon had all their own way
was the resolution endorsing tho President.
They were allowed to write what they pleased
They did so. and the difference between the
views expressed about civil service reform in
the resolution endorsing Cleveland and the
decided stand OF tho civil service plank in ia
vor OF the ideas Of the Tammany Hall platform
shows that while Cleveland's friends were al
lowed to he as fulsome as they chose In their
ealoRy Of him. tho heart Of tho party is not
with the President The Convention virtually
declares Its belief that majority Of the men,
bers Of the party. were they to DO polled, would
repudiate the way in which the President ad-
ministers the Federal Civil Service laws.
The fgh ting was not done in the Convention.
but In committee. Both the Committee on
Resolutions and the Committee on Contested
Beats we're In session from yesterday after
noon until this morning without more than
enovkh recess for the committeeman to get
sor,ething to cat The Committee on Resolu-
Il ons met at P. N. yesterday. sub-com-
mittee. consisting of William Dorsheimer. Ed
ward Cooper. Nelson J. Waterbury. F. b.
Spinola, and John Devlin Of New York. A.
L. jerks OF Brooklyn, Myron H. Peck. E. Dam
forth. and NJ H. Northrup was appointed to
prepare the platform. Almost every member
. ,oaa H.. ~ oAe ~ Snu ,ns ''u hsa,a
was viotent. Inc suo-committee should
NAV t Tbo 81 0oeck and last r..s
news from the snh'com t,,at thsv 1 hsd
nos s.resd The commtsss mat ssain y.
O'clock but but the subcommittee had not yet
snh-anm.issse sssessssl -sA~sr sa.vhsdf. xzvsd
mittss then decided to 90 to had and some y,
the sub-oommittee went to bed. too. while
shape for this morning.
This morning tho committee met at o'clock
and the suo go earlier There was
x sl, IN inc suo-commi.tee MI. DORIS
many particulars, Mr: Dorsheimer made some
M nnrsbs;msr vo . h~,,dozer op Tba smn S
committee might have pone on forever had
not the COMMITTEES ansllS tsten charge itself
The planks endorsing Cleveland and Hill.
fsyorinp the reduction OF taxes. the protsction
:, i ,n;.rants ,hs IN ~ @ ~ .ns naIs
nome rule lor Ireland. ana the lao9r res
o Out were adopISd, aatef some uiscus-
son ABOUT tho wording ana arrangement,
Se s ha *. cameo mSss OF the d6osr
ss against Hsn1 GSSGrge
70 Pc needless; other reso!utlons were re-
stsd because II vas the desise net to make
ne Piauorm 700 long: On the ciTn service
p iannk there was 2 square nght. There was was
ny nSos9ilg n the rest OF tae atl9rm 70 exGte
ban me ,Ra not mach Time MO Sa
Deon Spent 3yer me SiVll serVace PiahR. " Tue
prominent ,S Cleveland men had the majority,
s gHS IN tne tuii comamiateo taere was aiscus,
s ston ~ 70 the STAND tne party snogia taAs on
s9s cy H. seIeS h M asy fSs
sni1 aesoiu.i9n Wnieh wEuit s sh ING
hamainissTation ana vas the least tae ,Cdeye.
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